The Saturday Paper

NSW braces for Covid-19 surge

NSW is steeling for a spike in Covid-19 cases today following Sydney’s lockdown extension, with Premier Gladys Berejiklian ...

COVID-19 variant NB.1.8.1: Everything you need to know about the new dominant strain and how our vaccines will hold up

A new COVID-19 variant is drawing global attention due to its rapid spread worldwide. The variant — NB.1.8.1 — is set to ...

More than half of Australia in lockdown after South Australians join Victorians and Sydneysiders in battle against COVID outbreaks

At least 14.5 million Australians are now living under lockdown restrictions as the Delta strain tests the nation’s ...

How flu overtook COVID as Australia’s deadliest respiratory virus

Many Australians have stopped worrying about respiratory viruses. The pandemic has passed and attention has shifted. COVID no ...

WHO-linked report warns world more at risk of pandemic now than before COVID

As health leaders face deadly outbreaks of Ebola and hantavirus, a major report finds the world's response system remains dangerously underprepared.